Coffee-pot holder



VGi E. PRESNELL.

OOEEEE POT HOLDER. No. 529,953,

Patented Nov. Z7, 1894.

annu/woz UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COFFEE-POT HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 529,953, dated November 27, 1894. Application filed May 12, 1894. Serial'NmlllOZO. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: y

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. PRESNELL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Sedgewickville, in the county of vBollinger and State of Missouri, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Cof'- fee-Pot Holders; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in coffee-pot holders, the same being designed more especially as an improvement upon Patent No. 121,444, dated November 28, 1871.

The object ot' this invention is to provide an effective coffee-pot holder comprising a bracket attached to a table and supporting an arm having cross-bars secured to its outer end to which lingers are pivotally attached, said lingers being adapted to embrace the sides of' the coffee-pot or other vessel placed between the same, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view snowinga cofee-pot holder constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View.

A designates a fixture which is adapt-ed to be attached to a ltable or other support and consists of a plate having a raised portion A', which is bored longitudinally and is provided with transverse slots or openings a. a and a connecting slot 0,. lThis fixture supports the supporting-arm B which is bent at an angle to provide an upwardly-extending member b which is passed intothe longitudinal bore and receives a pin b', which projects therefrom and travels in the slotsorl and a of the lixture so that the coffee-pot holder can be swung under the table and to a position beyond the edge of the table, as shown in Fig. l.

To the outer end of the arm B are secured cross-bars O the ends of which are bifurcated and formed into eyes c to receive the fingers D and pintles or pins which pivot them to said cross-bars.

posed of two sections connected to each other The fingers D are each comby a thumb-screw E which passes through a slot in one of the sections, so that the upwardly-projecting portions or sections of the fingers can be adjusted out and in to accommodate the size of the vessel to be held. The inner ends ofthe fingers are formed into eyes which engage a ring to limit the downward movement of the outer ends of said fingers. It should behere noted that the greater part of each finger is located beyond its connection with the end of the cross-bar, and by this arrangement the outer portions of the fingers are held down by gravity so as to bein position to receive the coffee-pot. When the coffee-pot is placed between the fingers and bears upon the inner ends of the same the outer ends will be brought up to embrace the sides of the coffee-pot, and it will thereby be held securely in position by its own weight.

rlhe device hereinbefore described though 'primarily adapted for holding a coee-pot may be used for other purposes, such as supporting lamps, flower pots, &c.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. Ina support for the purpose set forth, the combination, of a supporting-arm, a plurality of lingers, said fingers having upwardly projecting portions at their outer ends which overbalance the inner ends, a ring connecting the inner ends of the fingers to each other, the lingers being pivotally attached to crossbars carried by the supporting arm and to the ring, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with a pivotally-supported supporting-arm having cross-bars with upturned and bifurcated ends, of fingers having slotted portions through which pivot pins carried by the ends of the cross-bars pass, of a ring with which the inner ends of the fingers engage, substantially as shown whereby the depression of the inner ends of the fingers will cause the grasping portions thereof to move toward a common center for the purpose setf'orth.

In testimony whereof I affix my' signatu re in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES E. PRESN ELL.

Witnesses:

CHARLES R. CONRAD, CHRISTIAN A. HAHN.

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